There is very little remaining of the town of Quindaro, Kansas today. A modern park shelter now sits atop the bluff that overlooks the riverfront ground that bustled with activity beginning in the late 1850s and continuing to the end of the 1800s and into the early 1900s. Unfortunately, the once-bustling area is no longer […]
Newtonia is a very small town, population 200, about 60 miles southwest of Springfield. The two Civil War battles fought there will always be known more for the fact that Native American Indian soldiers fought against each other than they will for their overall significance to the war effort. First Battle of Newtonia The first
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Early on the morning of September 22, 1861, Lane, and his men, calling themselves “Lane’s Brigade”, rode into town and after trading small arms fire with a few sentries posted by the town, made a direct route to the bank. At the bank Lane had his men blow open the safe only to find it
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A traveler cannot understand the Border War without a visit to Lawrence, Kansas. Lawrence is located about 30 miles west of Kansas City and was one of the first towns settled in the Kansas Territory. Lawrence was settled by abolitionist who were funded and supported by abolitionists like the New England Emigrant Aid Company among
Sneak Peek for the cover design for my second book, “The Border War Tour: A Traveler’s Guide to Civil War Sites on the Missouri/Kansas Border”. I’m pleased to announce that my second book “Border War Tour”, is being finalized and I expect a release date in the early spring of 2022. The images with this post
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Border War Extra: Did African-Americans ride with the Bushwhackers? The answer is yes, they did. In fact, it is estimated that as many as 10% of the soldiers who fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War may have been African Americans. Opinions vary widely as to why those men were fighting. One side will say
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Check out my article in the January 29th edition of the Johnson County Gazette. This month I look into the man for whom Johnson County was named, The Reverend Thomas Johnson. Johnson is an interesting character whose reputation is not exactly “squeaky clean”. The article can be found on the Johnson County Gazette website at
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Border War Extra: No trees along the MO/KAN border during the Civil War! Ok, that’s not true, but the landscape of the Missouri Kansas border during the Civil War years was much different than it is today. This entry in the Border War tour series is a little different because I don’t have a lot of
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